Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	National University Continuing Education Association (U.S.)
Title:	National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA) Records
Inclusive Dates:	1980-1996
Quantity:	11.75 linear ft.
Abstract:	Administrative files, conference materials, interviews, and publications of NUCEA.
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

The National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA) was originally formed in 1915 as the National University Extension Association (NUEA). NUEA's focus was originally on establishing standards for correspondence schools and distance education, though its scope expanded considerably through the years. When it shifted to a division structure and gained 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in the 1950s, correspondence study was only one of five charter units. In 1980 NUEA reorganized itself away from the division structure to a more national focus; to reflect this, the name was changed to the National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA). In 1996 the word "National" was dropped as membership had expanded internationally, and the name became University Continuing Education Association (UCEA). In 2010 the word "Professional" was added to reflect members who were new to higher education, and the name became University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA). In 2024 this title was dropped and the initialism, UPCEA, became the official name of the organization.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA) Records contains administrative files, conference materials, interviews, publications, and a small number of miscellaneous items of NUCEA.

Administrative files include financial materials, memos, minutes, reports, forms, directories, agendas, guidelines, handbooks, proposals, drafts, surveys, by-laws, and correspondence.

Subseries include Committees, Directories, Divisions, Regional reports, and Miscellaneous.

Committees are involved in governance, are grouped into administrative or special cohorts, and tend to focus on the association as a whole. Divisions are more specialized sectors of the organization aligned with a practical aspect, or specific association function, in the continuing education field.

Conference materials includes programs, proceedings, correspondence, evaluations, speaker biographies, seminars, and presentations from NUCEA annual, divisional, and regional gatherings. Also contains program and session recordings on audio cassette tapes.

Interviews contains transcripts and media tapes of an oral history project on past presidents.

Publications includes journals (Continuum and Continuing Higher Education Review), other series, brochures, newsletters (NUCEA News), a book, and miscellaneous materials.

Miscellaneous contains a telecommunication/distance education project, a poster, program tapes, and NUCEA materials made for the continuing education field.

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Arrangement of the Collection

This collection is arranged alphabetically. The majority of original folder titles were retained.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advance notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Access to audiovisual material requires advance notice to produce a use copy.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Lifelong Learning Trends: A Profile of Continuing Higher Education, 2nd and 4th edition; Challenges for Continuing Higher Education Leadership series: Global Interdependence-Issues and Opportunities, The Transformation of Rural America, and Economic Development in a Multicultural Society; Innovations in Continuing Education, Award-Winning New Programs series, 1982, 1984-1996 - all three periodicals separated from collection and transferred to serial department for cataloging.

See also the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) Records and the National University Extension Association (NUEA) Records.

In addition, Special Collections Research Center has dozens of manuscript collections relating to adult education, both of individuals and organizations. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.

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Subject Headings

Persons

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genres and Forms

Occupations

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA) Records,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Hilton T. Bonniwell [Past President], 1990.

Gift of the National University Continuing Education Association (NUCEA), 1995.

Gift of the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), 1997-1998, 2000, 2007, 2010.

Gift of the University of Wisconsin [Madison]-Extension, 1994.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: MRC
Date: 4 Feb 2010
Revision history: 1 Jul 2024 - collection processed (JDW)

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Inventory

	Administrative files
		Committees
Box 1			Advisory committee on organizational issue publications series 1992-1995 - includes correspondence, a guide for authors, and 1993, 1995 issues
Box 1			Awards and honors committee publications 1985-1995 (3 folders)
Box 1			Board subcommittee on organizational structure final report 1992
			Committee on guidelines and standards for continuing education (CGSCE) [formerly committee on liaison for accrediting and standards in continuing education (CLASCE)]
Box 1				Guidelines for assessment and evaluation of instructional programs 1990 - a collaborative document; includes drafts, reviews, comments, and correspondence (5 folders)
Box 1				Standards of good practice document 1985 - compilation of resources for NUCEA member institutions
Box 1			Long-range planning committee 1981-1982 - devised NUCEA’s strategic plan for 1980s
Box 2			Long-range planning committee 1981-1982 - includes drafts, meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports (6 folders)
Box 2			NUCEA archives and history 1989-1990 - includes materials on the oral history past president project, correspondence, reports, and NUEA materials (2 folders)
				See also Interviews
				See also the National University Extension Association (NUEA) Records
Box 23			NUCEA archives and history undated - unknown content (1 VHS tape)
Box 2			Strategic planning committee, strategic directions for NUCEA 1991
Box 2			Professional development committee 1989-1996 - meeting minutes and notes, correspondence, brochures, surveys, and an internship program (2 folders)
Box 24			Professional development committee undated - the competent continuing educator, video program (2 VHS tapes)
		Directories
Box 2			Association handbook 1987
Box 2			Black professionals in continuing higher education directory 1989, 1991
Box 2			Division of educational telecommunications, distance education directory 1988-1989
Box 3			Handbooks and directories of NUCEA 1982-1986 (2 folders)
Box 3			Inventory of diversity programs and services in continuing higher education 1993
			Membership
Box 3				Directories 1987-1991 (4 folders)
Box 4				Directories 1991-1995 (5 folders)
Box 4				Division of educational telecommunications 1991-1992
Box 4				Division of independent study 1990-1991, 1993-1996
Box 4				Division of international education 1993
Box 5				Division of summer, evening, and off-campus credit programs 1992
Box 5			Professional development handbook 1990
Box 5			Resource directories 1989 - from the division of career counseling, advisement, and adult student services, and region 7
		Divisions
Box 5			Community development and services 1981-1985, 1990 - handbook, draft paper, brochure, and awards materials
			Continuing education for the professions, historical binder
Box 5				Awards programs 1984-1993
Box 5				Bylaws and correspondence 1986, 1989-1990, 1992
Box 5				Conference programs 1986-1988, 1990-1993
Box 5				Executive committee 1986-1993
Box 5				Meeting minutes 1984-1992 (3 folders)
Box 5				Newsletters 1985-1993 (2 folders)
Box 6				Reports, grants, surveys, and membership 1985-1987, 1990
Box 6			Environmental health and safety programs, course catalog 1991-1992
Box 23			Information services, awards competition winners 1985-1986 (1 U-matic tape)
			Marketing and promotion
Box 6				4th annual strategic marketing planning awards competition 1994
Box 6				Awards for excellence in strategic marketing planning 1996
Box 6				Binder of materials 1991-1996 - includes conference materials, correspondence, division meetings and minutes, evaluations, forms, surveys, and publications (8 folders)
Box 24				Division awards 1986, 1988 (2 VHS tapes)
Box 7			Miscellaneous brochures undated
Box 7			Miscellaneous newsletters 1992-1993
		Regional reports
Box 7			Region 2 report 1996 - meeting minutes, correspondence, and newsletter drafts
Box 7			Region 4 membership attitudes and perceptions study 1986
			Region 4 secretary’s reports
Box 7				Board of directors and executive materials 1986-1993 - includes trustee retreat, treasurer's report, strategic directions, and meeting minutes
Box 7				Business meetings 1987-1993 - includes minutes, agendas, reports, and correspondence (3 folders)
Box 7				By-laws and guidelines 1985, 1987-1989 - includes secretary's role and responsibilities document
Box 7				Committee materials 1991-1993 - includes awards programs, correspondence, membership information, and reports
Box 7				Conference materials 1989-1992 - includes programs, schedules, correspondence, and meetings
					See also Conferences, NUCEA region 4
Box 7				Correspondence 1988-1990 - includes memos, messages to regional members, and executive materials (3 folders)
Box 7				Divisions 1987, 1990-1991 - includes budgets, reports, awards programs, and meetings/conferences
Box 8				Executive committee 1985-1993 - includes meeting minutes, agendas, reports, correspondence, memos, and financial materials (12 folders)
Box 9				Executive committee 1985-1993 (5 folders)
Box 9				Membership 1986-1987, 1990 - surveys and a profile of constituents
Box 9				Miscellaneous materials 1992 - includes a round table on regional issues, guidelines, standards, and correspondence
Box 9				Newsletters, NUCEA news 1989-1991
					See also Publications, Newsletters
Box 9				Officers and committee members 1986-1989
Box 9			Region 4 task force on diversity report 1993
Box 9			Region 4 treasurer’s reports 1984-1992 - includes correspondence, meeting minutes, regional committees, and financial materials like checks, statements, ledgers, expenses, invoices, and reports (4 folders)
Box 10			Region 4 treasurer’s reports 1984-1992 (9 folders)
		Miscellaneous
Box 10			Board of directors’ meetings 1995-1996 - includes minutes, charts, correspondence, strategic planning, and reports
Box 10			Final report of NUCEA continuing higher education leadership (CHEL) project 1990 - to WK Kellog Foundation
Box 10			NUCEA guidelines, visions and values 1992
Box 10			Survey of member institutions 1982-1985 - includes data, tables, reports, and statistics (3 folders)
Box 11			Survey of member institutions 1982-1985 (2 folders)

	Conference materials
Box 11		NUCEA 70th annual, Louisville, KY 1985
Box 11		NUCEA 71st annual, Portland, OR 1986
Box 11		NUCEA 72nd annual, Kansas City, MO 1987
Box 11		NUCEA 73rd annual, Philadelphia, PA 1988
Box 11		NUCEA 74th annual, Salt Lake City, UT 1989
Box 11		NUCEA 75th annual, New Orleans, LA 1990
Box 11		NUCEA 76th annual, Miami, FL 1991
Box 11		NUCEA 78th annual, Nashville, TN 1993
Box 19		NUCEA 78th annual, Nashville, TN 1993 - program and session recordings (38 audio cassette tapes)
Box 11		NUCEA 79th annual, Atlanta, GA 1994
Box 20		NUCEA 79th annual, Atlanta, GA 1994 - program and session recordings (28 audio cassette tapes)
Box 11		NUCEA 80th annual, Anaheim, CA 1995
Box 19		NUCEA 80th annual, Anaheim, CA 1995 - program and session recordings (6 audio cassette tapes)
Box 20		NUCEA 80th annual, Anaheim, CA 1995 - program and session recordings (35 audio cassette tapes)
Box 21		NUCEA 81st annual, Boston, MA 1996 - program and session recordings (51 audio cassette tapes)
Box 11		NUCEA caucus on state telecommunications network 1991
Box 11		NUCEA conference facilities and services directories 1985, 1989
		NUCEA division of business, industry, and labor
Box 11			6th – 13th annual national professional development 1981-1988
Box 12			14th annual national professional development, binder 1989 - includes proceedings, programming, evaluations, and speaker biographies and presentations (5 folders)
Box 12			15th annual national professional development, binder 1990 - includes proceedings, programming, evaluations, and speaker biographies and presentations (6 folders)
Box 13			16th – 18th annual national professional development 1991-1993
Box 13		NUCEA division of conferences and institutes 1990-1992
Box 13		NUCEA division of humanities, arts, and sciences 1986, 1988, 1990-1993
Box 13		NUCEA region 1 1980-1983, 1985-1987, 1991
Box 13		NUCEA region 2 1986, 1988-1989, 1991, 1994 (2 folders)
Box 13		NUCEA region 3 1984-1986, 1989
Box 13		NUCEA region 4 1983, 1985-1989 (2 folders)
Box 13		NUCEA region 5 1985-1986, 1988-1989 - conferences focus on professional development
Box 13		NUCEA regions 6 and 7 1991, 1995
Box 13		NUCEA Washington DC symposium 1982
Box 13		Rutgers University, University of California, and NUCEA, protecting the environment 1990
Box 13		Seminars 1987-1989, 1991, 1994, 1996 - NUCEA and/or cosponsored sessions, such as youth, environmental, alumni, older adults, and professional development programs
Box 13		Survey of NUCEA conference offices undated

	Interviews
		Release forms
Box 13			NUCEA oral history project, past presidents 1988-1990
		Tapes - presidential terms in parentheses
Box 22			Bonniwell, Hilton (1986-87) 1988 (4 audio cassette tapes)
Box 22			Charters, Alexander N. (1965-66) 1988 (4 audio cassette tapes)
				See also the Alexander N. Charters Papers
Box 22			Donehower, Grace (1979-80) 1988 (2 audio cassette tapes)
Box 22			Drazek, Stanley (1965-65) circa 1988-1990 (1 audio cassette tape)
Box 22			Ervin, John (1975-76) 1989 (2 audio cassette tapes)
Box 22			Fischer, Floyd (1971-72) circa 1988-1990 (1 dictaphone audio cassette tape)
Box 22			Gessner, Quentin (1982-83) 1988 (2 audio cassette tapes)
Box 22			Goddard, Joseph (1981-82) 1989 (2 audio cassette tapes)
Box 22			Goerke, Glenn (1973-74) 1989 (2 audio cassette tapes)
Box 22			Hadley, Paul (1976-77) 1988 (2 audio cassette tapes)
Box 22			Hunter, Armand (1972-73) 1988 (2 audio cassette tapes)
Box 22			Miller, Harold (1987-88) 1989 (2 audio cassette tapes)
Box 22			Snider, John (1985-86) 1988 (4 audio cassette tapes)
Box 22			Walker, T. Howard (1967-68) 1989 (2 audio cassette tapes)
Box 22			White, Thurman J. (1960-61) 1990 - no corresponding transcript (1 VHS tape)
		Transcripts - presidential terms in parentheses
Box 13			Bonniwell, Hilton (1986-87) 1988
Box 13			Charters, Alexander N. (1965-66) 1988
Box 14			Donehower, Grace (1979-80) 1988
Box 14			Drazek, Stanley (1965-65) circa 1988-1990
Box 14			Ervin, John (1975-76) 1989
Box 14			Fischer, Floyd (1971-72) circa 1988-1990
Box 14			Gessner, Quentin (1982-83) 1988
Box 14			Goddard, Joseph (1981-82) 1989
Box 14			Goerke, Glenn (1973-74) 1989
Box 14			Hadley, Paul (1976-77) 1988
Box 14			Hunter, Armand (1972-73) 1988
Box 14			Miller, Harold (1987-88) 1989
Box 14			Robinson, Stanley (1968-69) 1989 - tape erased after interview
Box 14			Snider, John (1985-86) 1988
Box 14			Walker, T. Howard (1967-68) 1989

	Publications
Box 14		Annual reports 1989-1990
Box 14		Brochures undated - includes membership information, North American fellows' program, and general association/continuing education information
Box 14		Challenges for continuing higher education leadership series, corporate/campus collaboration 1984, 1987
Box 14		Expanding access to knowledge: continuing higher education; NUCEA 1915-1990 1990 - book about NUCEA/continuing education history in honor of their 75th anniversary
Box 14		Innovations in continuing education series 1983
		Journals
Box 14			Continuing higher education review, volume 51 1987 (3 issues)
Box 15			Continuing higher education review, volume 52-58 1988-1994 (21 issues)
Box 16			Continuum, volume 45-48 1980-1984 (14 issues)
Box 17			Continuum, volume 49-50 1985-1987 (6 issues)
Box 17			Lifelong learning trends: a profile of continuing higher education, 3rd edition 1994
Box 17			Miscellaneous materials 1980-1981 - includes forms, correspondence, and guides about continuum
Box 17		Miscellaneous publications 1990, 1995 - includes a workforce development booklet, prison education newsletter, and general continuing education materials
Box 17		Newsletters, NUCEA news 1984-1989 - circa 60 issues (5 folders)
Box 18		Newsletters, NUCEA news 1989-1996 - circa 55 issues (5 folders)
Box 18		Steal these ideas series 1995

	Miscellaneous
		Annenberg School of Communication (ASC)/Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) project - explores telecommunication opportunities for higher education; funded a NUCEA study
Box 18			ASC/CPB project overview and course examples 1987
Box 18			NUCEA final report 1983
Box 18			NUCEA grant proposal 1981
Box 18			NUCEA interim report 1983
Box 23		Heritage and vision 1990 - unknown content, programs produced by University of Wisconsin-Extension (4 U-matic tapes)
Box 18		NUCEA 100 years of correspondence by mail, 1892-1992, stamp poster 1992
Box 23		NUCEA 1990 - unknown content (1 VHS tape)
Box 18		NUCEA funding resources for international continuing education programs undated
Box 18		NUCEA principles of good practice for continuing education programs 1993

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